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A secret federal grand jury is now hearing witnesses in the decade-old case of the “Iceman,” an Abu Ghraib prisoner who died on the CIA’s watch. It’s just one of several cases in the jury’s “investigation of possible violations of federal criminal laws involving War Crimes, Torture, and related federal offenses,” according to a subpoena signed by prosecutor John Durham, a US attorney. The process could result in charges for CIA officers and government contractors, Time reports.

The “Iceman,” so called because his body was put on ice to slow decomposition, was a suspected terrorist named Manadel al-Jamadi; his death was ruled a homicide, but no one has been convicted of the crime. The current investigation, however, is homing in on CIA interrogator Mark Swanner, who questioned Jamadi shortly before he died. It’s not clear, notes Adam Zagorin, what charges Swanner could face, “But any charges involving the CIA, much less accusations of war crimes and torture, could be explosive, and Durham's inquiry amounts to a crawl through a political minefield." The case faces major political hurdles, however, as some officials, including Bush-era AG Michael Mukasey, demand an end to such CIA probes.

Am I correct that this occurred during the Bush dictatorship? The same Bush that called the Constitution "nothing but a goddamned piece of paper?" If so, what else can we expect?

Observer

Jun 13, 2011 6:06 PM CDT

Indicting, convicting and executing these murderers is appropriate. Rebuild the global trust that existed before the Bush Neo-con co-conspirators destroyed any semblance of respect for our country. The illegal Bush atrocities are war crimes and individuals chose to torture, mutilate and kill. The CIA broke all kinds of laws by secret kidnappings, assassinations, drone strikes aganst civilians. Theft of 6 Billion dollars by our own Generals and Intel Officers. Lock these disgusting overzealous criminal pricks up and return to a non-war status. There is no major threat to Americans except the Congressional Creeps and the brainwashed Pentagon Enforcers.

jacval60

Jun 13, 2011 5:58 PM CDT

http://www.hrweb.org/legal/catsigs.html Here it tells you who signed it the USA signed it but did not ratified it.